Well Mass Effect isn't a new game anymore it's even been out on PC for around a month however much I like the idea of it and love the story line I have one major gripe (I got it like day of release on 360 btw) the sniper rifle aiming, it's horrible I've tried spending all my infiltrators valuble points on them, spending all my cash on the stability upgrades and still the aiming system is horrible. You're spot on target and then BOOM just as you pull the trigger on your carefully aimed head shot the breathing/heartbeat/general shakiness of the aiming reticule moves and your shot skims past the enemy with no effect And as with all good sniper rifles the super expensive (or just difficult to acquire) ammo you've loaded it with that rains instant death upon your enemies means the gun will over heat if you so much as look at it in the wrong way and when the gun has finally cooled down enough you go through the same fuss of making the shot again.
So my gamers lazy instinct tells me to ditch the wonderous infiltrator char and build myself a soldier char who will in no uncertain terms just use an extremely stable assault rifle to precision burst fire on anything from similar distance as the average sniper rifle shot thus making combat a walk through (longest shots I pulled off were about 450 - 500 of whatever distance measurement they use on it, this was against defensive turrets on the moon based mission in orbit of earth) This however goes against my desire to break in to all and any and all code locked boxes. I have no gripe with the pistol though that weapon is awesome just I find that it can lack the stopping power or range of it's partner long rifle.
However in any kind of game where I get to choose my weapons I generally will always go to pick the sniper class character, on Halo 3 I go nuts with sniper rifles and I also made sure the first thing I done on my second play through of freedom fighters was ensure I put in the cheat which allowed me a silenced pistol and sniper rifle. On MGS2 I used the first person view to snipe out so much with the M9 tranq gun I became profficient enough to use it on any enemy bar the parts where you HAVE to use other more lethal forms of combat. (this included fighting my way out of an alert with nothing but a tranq gun, hitting guys behind plas shields with tranq darts is not easy when they're alone but 4 on 1 was fun lol) I love being the group sniper and it fits my ability I like to take my time and make my shots perfect.
So to give this thread an actual discussion worthy of you my fellow gaming persons, tell me:
If you have played Mass Effect, do you agree with me on the aiming of the sniper rifles, is it horrible in your opinion or not?
Also, would you in my position call it quits and use the soldier class for an easier time relying on custom managing one of my party members to try and open the boxes locked by codes?
If you don't have Mass Effect yet, why are you holding off from what is an actually truly awesome RPG (minus the sniper rifles aiming capabilities) and has my post about the horrid aiming for that weapon alone put you off buying the game?